Title :
Issues in multimedia synchronization over broadband networks
Author :
Baqai, S. ; Khan, M.F. ; Shaikh, S.
Author_Institution :
Widener Univ., Chester, PA, USA
Abstract :
Distributed, networked multimedia information systems will be a critical component of technology-based information infrastructures in the future. Several ground-breaking applications have already appeared, and more are many are expected to follow. Innovations in hardware and software are feeding this revolution. In this paper, the notion of “quality of presentation” (QOP) for multimedia data transferred over the networks is developed. Multimedia data synchronization requirements are studied, and several synchronization protocols are presented. We discuss the management of pre-orchestrated as well as live multimedia data. It is anticipated that, with proper research breakthroughs, broadband multimedia networking technologies will bring about spectacular changes in the ways that we store, process and use information
Keywords :
B-ISDN; multimedia communication; protocols; quality of service; synchronisation; technological forecasting; broadband multimedia networking technologies; broadband networks; data synchronization requirements; distributed multimedia information systems; information processing; information storage; information use; live multimedia data management; multimedia data transfer; multimedia synchronization; pre-orchestrated data management; presentation quality; synchronization protocols; technology-based information infrastructures; Application software; Broadband communication; Image storage; Information systems; Intelligent networks; Multimedia communication; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Real time systems; Streaming media;
Conference_Titel :
Reliable Distributed Systems, 1998. Proceedings. Seventeenth IEEE Symposium on
Conference_Location :
West Lafayette, IN
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-9218-9
DOI :
10.1109/RELDIS.1998.740542
